HIST 101 Final Exam Multiple Choice CH 6-8
The effectiveness of the Carolingian administration rested in large part upon
Charlemagne's designation of traveling inspectors, called missi dominici, to keep him informed
By the end of the thirteenth century, the wealthiest and best governed monarchy in Europe was
France
The world raided and settled by the Vikings was vast. What is th eonly area among the following that was NOT affected by these people?
India and Arabia
The English barons' rebellion against King John's abuse of feudal custom resulted in the
Magna Carta
In what important way did the Byzantine world and the West separate themselves from each other?
The West rejected the iconoclastic religious ideas of the Emperor Leo III, leading to long-lasting religious disputes
Avicenna (Ibn Sina) was the
author of a medical text that laid the foundation for experimental science
Wergeld meant
compensation from a guilty party to a victim or victim's family
The Treaty of Verdun
confirmed the division of the Carolingian Empire
During the middle ages,
developments such as the three-field system and the padded horse collar meant that agriculture actually improved from the classical time
The adjective often used by historians to describe the system of political and social relationships among the nobility in the early Middle Ages
feudal
Charlemagne's diplomacy
finally led to an 813 agreement with Byzantium that permitted him to use his imperial title
The most important legacy of early Germanic law in the Middle Ages was that it
helped establish the principles of rule of law and representative assemblies
Of the societies studied in the first five chapters, Germanic society had the most parallels with the
heroic society described in Homer's epics
Which of the following is NOT true about the Ostrogothic kingdom
its rulers briefly united the entire Roman Empire
Muslim scholars of the Middle Ages
often studied the works of Aristotle
The society of early Germans was
often very warlike and based on kinship groups
The monastic movement founded by Benedict of Nursia
established a balanced daily regime of work and prayer
The key process that laid the foundation of the feudal relationship was the
exchange of loyal military service for the granting of lands
Which of the following was NOT a result of agricultural improvements like the three-field system
a dramatic drop in infant and child deaths
The Cluniac Order was
a group of Benedictine monks who were accountable only to the abbot at Cluny and through him, the pope
The major problem faced by Alfred the Great in Anglo-Saxon England was
a major Danish invasion that overran half of England
During the early Middle Ages it was believed that proper health depended on
a proper balance of the body's "humors"
Ultimately the Crusades
failed in their purpose, with the last crusader outpost seized by the Muslims in 1291
The Third Crusade
failed to retake Jerusalem, which had been captured by the Muslim leader, Saladin
What mutual enemy helped inspire cooperation between Charlemagne and the Islamic caliph in Baghdad, Harun al-Rashid?
the Byzantine empire
The obligations of serfs to the lords included all of the following EXCEPT
the duty to defend the manor house from attack (BUT it included up to three days a week of work on the lord's land, giving up a portion of the cloth and garden vegetables produced by the women, and the erection of buildings and digging of ditches at the lord's command)
The Islamic world created a unified culture in the areas of conquest for all the following reasons EXCEPT
the elimination of all non-Islamic religions
After Agincourt in 1415, England seemed to be on the verge of complete victory in the Hundred Years' War because
the king of France, defeated at Agincourt, was forced to sue for peace and declare his heir illegitimate
In the medieval manor,
there was pasture, woodlands, and water, as well as agricultural fields
Anglo-Saxon England
produced several remarkable intellectuals, such as Bede
The English Parliament
started to take shape under Edward I, with knights and burgesses sitting with the lower nobility, and clergy with the upper nobility
The Waldensians and the Albigensians were
two very different but important sets of medieval religious dissidents, or heretics
The Norman conquest of England
ultimately remade England by making it feudal under French-speaking kings
Bede
was the author of the medieval history, the Ecclesiastical History of the English People
Medieval universities
All these answers are correct
The place where medieval trade fairs were held between the northern and southern trade zones was
Champagne
The dominant ruler of western Europe in the year 800 was
Charlemagne
Five Pillars of Islam
1) Faith 2) Prayer 3) Charity 4) Fasting 5) Pilgrimage to Mecca
The apparently strong German monarchy of the Holy Roman Empire eventually foundered because of
All these answers are correct
Historians have criticized the concept of the "fall" of Rome because the
All these answers are correct
The most influential founder of communal monasticism in the West was
Benedict of Nursia
Which of the following statements in NOT true of the Roman Empire in the era of invasion?
Britain was able to hold out against the Germanic invaders
The place where medieval trade fair were held between the northern and southern trade zones was
Champagne
Thomas Aquinas believed that
Christian faith and reason, the latter exemplified by Aristotelian philosophy, were compatible
The most famous of the Merovingian rulers of the Frankish kingdom was
Clovis
The capital of the Byzantine Empire was
Constantinople
In spite of its name, the medieval Holy Roman Empire was based not in Italy, but in
Germany
An important way in which the medieval world differed economically from the classical Greek and Roman world is that
It was able to make better use of technology, with its water mills and windmills
Which of the following statements about medieval trade is NOT correct?
It was mostly trade in necessities rather than trade in luxuries
One late-medieval English critic of both the doctrines and practices of the church was
John Wycliffe
Before Muhammad,
Mecca was already an important trading city with connections to Egypt
The Carolingian Empire was shaken by a major wave of invaders. Which of the following groups was NOT among the invaders?
Ostrogoths
After numerous wanderings, the Germanic Visigoths who had started in eastern Europe, settled in
Spain
Which of the following was NOT among the results of the age of the invasions of the Magyars, the Vikings, and Muslim raiders?
The physical area of Western civilization contracted
Accurate statements regarding noble women in the early Middle Ages
a) The church, by enforcing monogamy, enhanced the position of the wife in medieval society b) Wives often managed their husbands' estates when the latter were absent on military campaigns c) They could inherit and hold land
The Hanseatic League
acquired a monopoly on the Baltic trade
The 'Abbasid caliphate
all of the above
The Carolingian intellectual revival included
all of the above
The Merovingians of the Frankish kingdom
all of the above
The Visigothic kingdom in Spain was
all of the above
The apparently strong Germany monarchy of the Holy Roman Empire eventually foundered due to the following reasons
all of the above
Which of the following is an accurate statement regarding noble women in the early middle ages?
all of the above
The Islamic conquests succeeded in part because
all these answers are correct
Which of the following was NOT a characteristic of the Carolingian monarchy under Charlemagne?
an attempt to conquer Constantinople to make Charlemagne a universal emperor
Ramon Lull
attempted to preach Christianity to the Islamic world
Medieval towns
became important centers of trade and maufacturing
The Jewish communities of the early Middle Ages
began to engage in moneylending
The Shi'ites
believe that the right to govern the Islamic world belongs to the descendants of 'Ali, the son-in-law of the Prophet
The medieval inquisition
came about partly because it was then believed that incorrect religious views could threaten not only the salvation of the individual but also of the community
Cyril and Methodius
converted many of the Slavic tribes to Christianity
The Kievan Rus
converted to Eastern Christianity under its ruler Vladimir
The importance of Robert Grosseteste and Roger Bacon in the Middle Ages was that they
demonstrated the value of experimentation over pure logic
The thirteenth-century medieval castle was
designed for comfort as well as for defense by the thirteenth century
The medieval concept of courtly love
enhanced the position of women in literature, though not in reality
Frederick II Hohenstaufen, Holy Roman Emperor
focused his rule in Italy and Sicily, viewing Germany only as a source of revenue
Frederick II Hohenstaufen, Holy Roman Emperor,
focused his rule in Italy and Sicily, viewing Germany only as a source of revenue
Pope Gregory the Great enhanced the position of the papacy by doing all of the following EXCEPT
formally ending the Arian heresy through his theological arguments
Medieval church reform
had as an important background the intervention of Emperor Henry III, who deposed three rival popes and strengthened the papal court
Medieval manorial and feudal organization was based on an hierarchy of mutual obligations. Which of the following relationships is NOT manorial?
husband, wife, and children
After becoming King of England, William the Conqueror
imposed a highly centralized feudal system in England
The two greatest scientific advances in the Islamic world were in
mathematics and medicine
The medieval serf was
not a slave, but was bound to the land, forbidden to leave it without permission
Water mills
provided the major source of mechanical power in the Middle Ages
The goal of scholastic philosophy in the Middle Ages was to
reconcile faith with reason
To defend the empire, Byzantine rulers did all of the following EXCEPT
rely on force rather than diplomacy to solve international relations
The society of the Vikings
resembled early Germanic society, but tended to be more violent
The development of France and England in the Middle Ages are clear instances of the
rise of centralized monarchies
Alfred the Great
ruled England, developed a strong administration, and promoted scholarship
During the Middle Ages, the Iberian Peninsula
saw the gradual "reconquest" of most of the peninsula by Christian kingdoms
Which of the following were NOT part of the feudal, as opposed to the manorial, hierarchy?
serfs
The popes began to claim spiritual authority over the Christian church because
some biblical writings—mainly a passage from the Book of Matthew—could be cited in support of this idea
Muhammad believed that he was
the Prophet of God, rescuing the divine message from Christian and Jewish distortions
As feudal society became more complex
the concept of the liege lord, to whom ultimate obedience was owed, developed
The coronation of Charlemagne as emperor
took place when there was an empress, but no emperor, in Constantinople
The Carolingian intellectual revival included all of the following EXCEPT the
undertaking of scientific research
The Byzantine emperor Justinian
undertook a major codification of laws that has influenced law to the present
Gothic architecture
used architectural features such as pointed arches and flying buttresses
Unlike the imperial government in Rome, the imperial government in Constantinople
used eunuchs in both civil and church administration
Medieval chivalry
was a code of ethics that to some extent tamed the violence of medieval warriors
Pope Innocent III
was able to reprimand kings of England, Aragon, France, Norway, and Poland and insist that they obey him
The Byzantine Empire
was an eastern continuation of the Roman Empire
Valdes of Lyon
was declared a heretic for criticizing the wealth of the medieval church
The First Crusade
was first joined by a huge number of peasants that surprised planners
The Roma historian Tacitus
wrote his book on Germans to urge Romans to adopt more virtuous customs
The Roman historian Tacitus
wrote his book on Germans to urge Romans to adopt more virtuous customs
